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Music Appreciation

The Polack MSgt

(13,190 posts) Tue Apr 2, 2019, 02:50 PM Apr 2019

Mississippi John Hurt - Legend

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Mississippi John Hurt - Legend (Original Post) The Polack MSgt Apr 2019 OP

love his stuff. up there w/ my unheard of surprize mississippi sheiks. pansypoo53219 Apr 2019 #1

Lol, Leave it to Mississippi John Hurt to make a song about confronting death so cheerful and bouncy cemaphonic Apr 2019 #2

He was a remarkable player The Polack MSgt Apr 2019 #3

pansypoo53219

(20,981 posts)

1. love his stuff. up there w/ my unheard of surprize mississippi sheiks.

Reply to The Polack MSgt (Original post)

Tue Apr 2, 2019, 04:58 PM

Apr 2019

i was buying blues CDs. plus that bulgarian choral music CD.

cemaphonic

(4,138 posts)

2. Lol, Leave it to Mississippi John Hurt to make a song about confronting death so cheerful and bouncy

Reply to The Polack MSgt (Original post)

Wed Apr 3, 2019, 12:24 AM

Apr 2019

My favorite of the old country-blues fingerpickers.

That looks like a clip from Pete Seeger's old public access tv show. There's a bunch of really cool performances and interviews from it on Youtube.

The Polack MSgt

(13,190 posts)

3. He was a remarkable player

Reply to cemaphonic (Reply #2)

Wed Apr 3, 2019, 11:46 AM

Apr 2019

I watch him and if you had the speakers off you would never guess how incredibly complex the riffs are - because he makes it look so simple...

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